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ASX Sports unveils enterprise leadership team

SBC News ASX Sports unveils enterprise leadership team

ASX Sports, the new venture of former Flutter Entertainment executive Paddy Power, has announced a series of executive leadership appointments to accelerate its growth and product development.  Founded in 2021, the ASX venture aims to develop a real-time NFT sports exchange that resembles a virtual stock market tracking the valuation of athletes’ performance and demand.   ASX is the brainchild of …

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Paddy Power’s ASX secures €500,000 in crowdfunding

SBC News Paddy Power’s ASX secures €500,000 in crowdfunding

Paddy Power, the son of the owner of the bookmaker-of-the-same-name David Power, has raised over €500,000 in crowdfunding for his American SportZ Exchange (ASX) sports trading platform. The ASX project was founded in 2019 whilst a beta version was launched in 2020, and will function as a ‘stock market’ for sports, combining fantasy sports and financial markets, enabling fans to …

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Paddy Power targets US market with ASX trading platform plans

SBC News Paddy Power targets US market with ASX trading platform plans

Paddy Power, the son of David Power, founder of the eponymous Irish bookmaker, has announced plans to launch a ‘sports trading’ platform, American SportZ Exchange (ASX), according to the Irish Independent. ASX will operate from Ireland but target the burgeoning US sports betting market, and will be initially financially supported as a startup via a €500,000 crowdfunding campaign using the …

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Spotlight Sports Group names Sam Houlding as new CCO

SBC News Spotlight Sports Group names Sam Houlding as new CCO

Spotlight Sports Group has strengthened its senior leadership team after confirming that Sam Houlding will become the new Chief Commercial Officer. Houlding will take over from former Chief Commercial Officer Mike Griffin, who left his role as Chief Revenue Officer of the group on September 30th. Commenting on his new role, Houlding said: “I am thrilled to be taking the …

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Racing tech trio launches AllSported trading solution

SBC News Racing tech trio launches AllSported trading solution

As disclosed this week, the triumvirate of racing stakeholders, Racing Post, TXODDS and Banach Technologies have today launched new trading solution ‘AllSported’, a joint-venture seeking to optimise all bookmaker racing markets. The three-way venture will see the companies combine their expert competencies and knowledge of horseracing, seeking to deliver the industry’s best-in-class trading solution for bookmaker clients. The AllSported ‘made-to-measure’ …

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Racing trio launches ‘AllSported’ JV aiming for ‘racebook excellence’

SBC News Racing trio launches 'AllSported' JV aiming for 'racebook excellence'

Seeking to bring new innovations and dynamics to racing markets, new joint-venture ‘AllSported’ has been formed by racing stakeholders TXODDS, Banach Technology and the Racing Post. Combining the firms’ knowledge and expertise in racing trading and technology development, the triumvirate have worked together to deliver a ‘racing-specific trading solution’. The AllSported JV sees TXODDS act as lead feed supplier of …

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